History Review And Analysis On American Women Suffrage Association

The National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) is the machine of the American women suffrage movement between the end of 19 century and the beginning of 20 century .The paper reviews briefly the three tides of American women suffrage movements and the evolvement of American women suffrage organizations, and discusses how to set up the NAWSA. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Carrie Chapman Catt and Alice Paul are three outstanding leaders, in their lead, the NAWSA did a lot of effective works, and struggled unremittingly for women's rights. It analyzes the member's composition, struggle aim, tactics and route, the relationship with the other organizations, and concludes three organizational characteristics of NAWSA. American woman wined the right to vote in 1920, that improves the political status of American women, provides precious organizational and struggle experience. But we should take note of the NAWSA has some failure and shortcoming. The winning of women's suffrage is the first step of woman's rights movement. There is a long way to go to obtain the equality between men and women.